Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Thinking Out Loud Thursday - April 23, 2015

Welcome to another Thinking Out Loud Thursday with me and Vanessa at X-tremely Vanessa . The rules are simple. Link back to me and Vanessa in your post and linkup your favorite post below. Super easy! #ThinkingOutLoudThursdays

Today I'm thinking about Mother's Day. It's just a few short weeks away and I've been trying to think of gifts for my mom and mother-in-law. It's sometimes hard to come up with that special token of your appreciation that expresses all you want it to convey. Some years I'm spot on and others I know I miss the mark. (When you miss, those are times that it's the thought that counts, right?!?) But when I'm on, I LOVE seeing the excitement in the gift recipient's face when they open the box and see what's inside.

Over the years, I've received some great gifts from my son Ian. One of the best Mother's Day gifts I have received from him were my wind chimes. I absolutely love listening to the musical sound as the wind blows. I can sit on the porch and listen to them all day long. I've even been known to reach up and move the weight myself on days when there isn't enough wind to move it. With each note, I think of Ian and how much I love him. Makes me smile every time.

Sometime I'll have to tell you about the VERY BEST gift I got from him and Kayla for my birthday -- but that's a story for another day. Back to Mother's Day~

When I was hunting around the internet for ideas, I came across a couple I thought could be great for the right mother.

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I just finished watching that video... crying here. Oh my, that was the most touching thing I've seen in a long time. The look on some of those moms faces. Awesome! Okay, pulling myself together...do you know one of the best gifts my mother told me I gave her years ago (she's passed now) but she use to tell me it all the time. I wrote a love letter to her expressing how I felt about her. See, we didn't always have a great relationship so when the healing was done, I felt the need to tell her before it was too late. Attached it to a bottle of wine and of all the things I gave her that is the one thing she loved most. When I went through her things after her death, I found the letter she kept. Okay, crying again...enough. Later.....

I haven't given any thought to Mother's Day - oops! My MIL returns any, and every, gift we've ever given her because she'd rather have money so for her all we do is go to Pasta House (her choice) because Mom's get free spaghetti on that day and its cheaper that way. Luckily she hasn't been able to pass me off as a Mom yet, not to mention I'm not a spaghetti fan.

As for my stepmom, we usually do a day at the park with a BBQ and whatnot. I guess that's what will happen this year.

We aren't really big on gifts at my house, because I have more than I need already. My kids make me things out of cardboard and even those get recycled once we have plenty of pictures. The biggest deal about my Mother's Day, the thing I look forward to every year, is my husband making me Eggs Benedict! It is so outstanding, and perfect in every way.

I really like the idea of Thinking Out Loud Thursday. That is what I was just writing about today, and THEN I stumbled onto your blog. I'm so glad I did. I am having fun meeting active bloggers through these linky deals.

oh i like that yoga sling backpack. it's been a while since we lived close to family.. and we haven't been wanting to have kids yet.. so it's not a holiday we think of too much. we'll probably just send home some cash.. bc that's usually what they need most. :)

Nice gift ideas! My daughter gave me a wind chime once when she was little. She got it at the outlet mall while we were shopping for school clothes. I still have it but I hang it in the house now as it's getting old.

Hard year for me as my mom has just passed. Every commercial brings it smashing back that she won't be here. But I am blessed to have had her for 53 years. Now maybe I can find somethng for myself in your suggestions.

There are definitely some ideas in there for mother's day. My mum has passed on now, this will be my first one without her. But I used to always put a lot of effort into thinking of what to buy her. I enjoyed it a lot.